A view of the former WestHELP property Greenburgh. The 108-unit complex is spread among eight buildings and an administration building.

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As the town moves forward with a plan to provide affordable housing at WestHELP Greenburgh, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino is again waiting to hear back from the state about a familiar alternative for the vacant homeless shelter.

Ferncliff Manor, a Yonkers-based school for the developmentally disabled, is throwing itself back in the mix after a proposed move to the former shelter was rejected in early April by one of the three state agencies that govern its operation.

The state Office of Children & Family Services deemed the $20 million project too expensive, and raised ...